CVE-2009-1207

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-04-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the dircmp script in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_111, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, probably involving a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+105)
Sun Solaris: 8, 9, 10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34558
http://secunia.com/advisories/34813
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138897-01-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-253468-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-140.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34316
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1105
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49526
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6183
http://secunia.com/advisories/34558
http://secunia.com/advisories/34813
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-138897-01-1

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